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Countess Leu a. At: Italinn Lady. 
Sir Hugh Stanley. 



COSTUMES.— Foit Costumes see Play. 



PKOPEBTIES. 

Dressing-room furniture. Toilette table, &c, L. Dressing-glass on table, T.ong 
curtains to window, u e.r. Lamps. Chairs. Tooth brush. Address card. Ivory 
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R. means first entrance right and right. L., first entrance left and left. S.E.R., 
second entrance right. S.E.L., second entrance left. T.E.R., third entrance right. 
T.E.L., third entrance left. F.E.R., fourth entrance right. F.E.L., fourth entrance 
left. U.E.R., upper entrance right. U.E.L., upper entrance left. R.F., right Hat. 
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doors. C.R., centre towards right. C.L., centre towards left. Observing you are 
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Scene. — A Small Room, serving for Dressing-Room, at the residence 
<f Lady Km Hi/ Fielding, London, on the night <>f a ball. Dressing- 
table, l. Lamps, chairs, etc. Centre doors. Window, u.e.b. 

Enter Countess Lelia, c. doors, icrajiped in opera cloak, and speaking 
to some One behind the sctnes. 

Lelia. You understand, Beppo ? Go home for my carriage, and 
come back with it as quickly as you can. < Comes down. J I won't 
Btiiy any longer at this horrid bull 1 I can't imagine why Emily will 
dunce on a Friday — a fast-day — the thirteenth of the month, too! 
These gay people never respect anything— not even ;i superstition ! I 
should have acted on my presentimeuts ; they never deceive me -and 
I've had a very strong one. ( Sits. J About a week ago, in my own 
house at Rome, 1 was awakened by Zerlina, my maid, who as usual 
brought me my chocolate aud my English letters. Amongst them 
was one from dear Lady Emily. Quick, Zerlina, and help me dress, 
1 called out. In her eagerness and hurry she put my left slipper on 
my right foot When I called her attention to this evil omen, she 
insisted that she had made lio mistake. I opened my dear Emily's 
letter, "Come quickly, my dear child; I have found the hero of 
your dreams! Sir Roger Buf'ord, age twenty-five, handsome, rich, 
clever, with beautiful teeth and hair, and still 'preserving the dreams 
Hjid illusions of youth ; he is a real luiry tale hero, and wishes for but 
two things in this world— to be attache of the legation at Rome, aud 



4 MASQUERADING! FOR TWO, 

to marry a charming widow ! My uncle, the ambassador, has prom* 
ised me bis nomination, but you alone — or I— can give Roger his 
second wish. I love him even to sacrificing myself— but I warn you 
not to delay, for my devotion is so sublime that it can't last long, and 
if you hesitate for a moment I shall keep your hero for myself." I 
set out at once; I arrived in London. Emily kissed me and said, 
"Eoger is delighted. There is to be a dance at my house to-night, 
where you will see him." I entered the ball-room at ten o'clock, he 
had not yet arrived ; I waited until midnight — and he was the only 
one in London who was not there. Such an insult to me, Countess 
Lelia! And here I am waiting for my carriage, which I did not 
order until two o'clock ; to-morrow I shall go back to Italy. Ah, 
Zerlina, why did you put my left slipper on my right foot? 

Enter Sir Hugh Stanley, wearing overcoat, c. door. 

Lelia. ( Seeing 1 am. ) Ah! 

(Puts hood over head, and siia at back of stage. 

Hugh. ( Speaking off. ) That's right, thank you. (Seeing 'Lelia, 
bows. ) Madame ! 

Lelia. (Aside. ) Luckily I don't know this young man. 

Hugh. Some old dowager, I suppose. (Goes to toilette table, l., 
searching.) No, not one ! (Leaves las gloves on table. 

Lelia. (Aside, k.) What can he be looking for? 

Hugh. It was very wrong of me, certainly, to have shaken bands 
with Bentley, who has the evil eye, and brings misfortune to all who 
come near him. 

Lelia. (Aside.) He seems to be worried about something. 

Hugh. The left eye, too ! I was particularly anxious to get to the 
duchess' early this evening, as I hoped to see the ambassador, who, I 
suppose, must have gone by this time — for these functionaries are 
always coming and going in a ball-room, fearing the nightly attacks 
of petitioners! I left the club at ten o'clock, dressed myself, and 
waited for my barber until half-past eleven. Now I know why bald 
men are always punctual ! While Frederick was curling my hair, I 
sent for a carriage, but only one could be fouud — a horrid, old, dirty 
rattle-trap — which covered me with dust. I fortunately discovered 
my condition before entering the ball-room. 

(Half opens overcoat and looks at clothes. 

Lelia. (Aside, laughing. ) Ha, ha, ha ! 

Hugh. I asked for a brush, but none of the servants had one. A 
waiting-maid told me that I should find one in the dressing-room, 
but I didn't see any there. ( Looking in a drawer. ) Ah, yes— pshaw, 
a tooth-brush ! (Pids overcoat on a chair — a card, falls from pocket.) 
I can't go in looking like a street-sweeper ! Who can I speak to? I 
must go and look for some one ! (Exit c. door. 

Lelia. (Laughing. ) Ha, ha, ha! Poor fellow! Now, if I were 
wickedly inclined, I should go back to the ball-room expressly to 



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spread this fanny little incident. This young man is very nice, and 
his dilemma am uses me! It baa almost made me forget Sir Boger. 
I'll write iiiul axk Emily what his uame is! ( Seeing card ichich tuts 
fallen from Hugh's coat pocket.) Why, bere'B a visiting-card which 
has fallen from bis coat-pocket. Now I'll find out who he is! 
(Reading.) "Sir Boger Buford." There, I knew it ! My presenti- 
ments never deceive me. 1 think I won't go Lome! I'll go hack to 
my dear Emily, who will introduce him to me— or— I'll Btay here 
alone with him. ( Taking off opera-cloak. ) I wonder if 1 look tolera- 
bly well ! Zerlina is not here to tell me the truth — but I tell it to my- 
self sometimes. ( Looking in glass. ) Lei in, you are simply bewitch- 
ing this evening. 

Re-enter Sie Hugh Stanley, c. door. 

Hugh. I'm dusted at last ! (Seeing Lelia arranging flowers in her 
hair at table, l. — Aside, B. ) Ah, a lady putting the finishing touches 
to her towering structure 1 (Aloud. ) Pardon my intrusion ! 

Lelia. Not at all, sir ! 

Hugh. (Aside.) Why, the old dowage* has gone ! (Aloud.) I 
must have left my glows here. 

Lelia. (Seeing gloves and lading them.) Ah ! 

Hugh. ( Searching. ) Where i re they ? Oh, in my overcoat, per- 
haps ! (Searches. 

Lelia. (Aside.) I've got him now tied hand — ungloved — and 
foot 

Hugh. (Searching.) The effect ol Beutley's evil eye still on me! 
I'm sure I had them when 1 came up stairs. 

Lelia. Are you looking for something? 

Rugli. Yes, my gloves ! Have you seen them by any chance? 

Lelia. No, (smiling) unless 1 mistook them for mine. 

Hugh. (Searching. ) I can't possibly enter a ball-room without 
gloves. 

Lelia. Do as I do, and make up your mind not to be bored by this 
stupid ball. 

Hugh. Are you going home so early ? 

Lelia. It's twelve o'clock. 

Hugh. Cinderella's magic hour ! Have you the same reason ? 

Lelia. Who knows ! 

Hugh. Then, if 1 should find your slipper, allow me to take it to 
yon to-morrow ? 

Lelia. A slipper is not as easily lost as a pair of gloves , besides, 
our maids would not allow us to go to a ball with shoes large enough 
to drop off. In fact, Cinderella was only a fairy's god-child, while 
I 

Hugh. You are her god-mother? 

lelia. Perhaps so. 

Hugh. Everything must he possible to you, Madame Fairy. 



6 MASQUEKADING FOB TWO. 

Leila. Not everything, but all that I wish. 

Hugh. Then, will you find niy gloves, please? 

Leila. Pshaw, how can you ask me to do so small a favor? 

Hugh. But I attach great importance to the finding of my gloves. 
Give me a proof of your supernatural powers. 

Leila. "Why, I've already given you one. 

Hugh. By dazzling me with your beauty ? 

Leila. No, by making me invisible to your eyes. 

Hugh. Invisible? When? 

Leila. Just now, when I was sitting there! You did not deign 
even to look at me. 

Hugh. Why, was that you ? 

Leila. I took the form of an old woman, which is always the way 
we appear for the first time to mortals. Don't you recollect " Per- 
rault's Stories?" 

Hugh. Oh, yes, and then the fairy makes a gift. 

Leila. To Prince Charming. 

Hugh. Even when the mortal is neither a prince nor charming. 

Leila. Very well ! Now I want to follow out ancient traditions. 
Prince Charming had three wishes 

Hugh. That the fairy granted. 

Leila. Yes, to punish him ; for the fulfilling of these wishes is only 
a deception — there being one thing that Prince Charming always 
forgets to ask for— viz., happiness. 

Hugh. I'd begin with that. 

Leila. Are you quite sure? Here is a tablet ! (Gives him her ball 
tablet.) Write your three wishes upon this ivory leaf. 

Hugh. Immediately ? 

Leila. No, no ! Reflect well first, and take great care not to de- 
ceive yourself. 

Hugh. And then will the three wishes be fulfilled ? 

Leila. Without an instant's delay. I leave you now to your reflec- 
tions. 

Hugh. What, are you going to disappear? 

Leila. I am going back to the ball to find my sisters, (aside) and 
to tell Emily of my folly. ( Going c. 

Hugh. Let me go with you. 

Leila. ( Turns. ) No ! I command you to stay where you are. 

Hugh. Please ! 

Leila. (Pointing to Hugh's liands lollh her fan. ) I dare you to 
follow me. 

Hugh. Oh, I forgot ! 

Leila. A fairy can never be disobeyed. Good-bye for the present, 
beautiful Prince Charming. (Exit, laughing, c. door. 

Htgh. (Following.) Madame! (Returning.) Where can I find 
a pair of gloves? Every shop is closed. {Suppose I wait for some 
polite guest, and borrow his. Your gloves or your life! No, that 
would be too ridiculous, particularly if his hand should not happen 



MA8QUEBADINO FOB TWO. 7 

to be the size of mine. I might go home and get a pair, but then she 
is to come buck — at least the promised mo that she would and 
fairies, L believe, always keep their promises. 1 suspect she'll do 
something remarkable. Who is she? I'm certain that I never met 
her before. A fairy ? Well, why not ? All pretty women are fairies, 
01 liav '" been. Who cans? Sim is bewitching, clever— well, a little 
too clever, perhaps, for sue airs her wit at my expense. She must he 
a wicked fairy, lor she has put me into such a ridiculous position. I 
have the club, put on a dress-coat and white oravat, and all for the 
Bake of staving all the evening in the dressing-room like an overcoat 
or an opera-cloak. Halloa, talking of opera-cloaks, here's hers, 
f Ekamitung if, i„ table,) It's not a very stylish one. Ah, ha, a 
pocket ! Perhaps it would be rather impertinent, but, pshaw, with 
a fairy ! 

Re-enter Countkss Lelia, c. door, but seeing Hugh examinbig her 
cloak, hides behind the icindow curlauis, u.e.b. 

Lelia. (Aside. ) "Why, he's searching my pockets ! 

Hugh. ( Searching in pocket. ) A pocket-handkerchief ! 

(Drawing it from pocket. 

Lelia. (Aside.) Zerlina's ! 

Hugh. No name on it ! I'll keep it as a remembrance. 

Lelia. (Aside.) Zerlina will be furious. 

Hugh. ( Still searching. ) A note ! ( Takes one from pocket. ) If 
I ouly dared 

Lelia. (Aside, anxiously. ) Ah ! 

Hugh. No, that would be worse that impertinent. 

Ldia. (Aside.) That's true ! 

Hugh. So she receives notes, eh ? No doubt it's a declaration of 
love ! Ah, alter all, fairies are only women ! Here was I believing, 
hoping— halloa, I wonder if I'm getting jealous ! Unfortunately, I've 
got no right to be. I'd give anything in the world to kuow what is in 
that note, and it would be so easy to gratify my curiosity ! Ah, there 
are moments in our lives when great moral courage is needed to keep 
us from doing mean things. (Puts back note. 

Lelia. (Aside.) Oh, I'm so glad ! 

Hugh. I must think of something else and not let myself get 
tempted. Jove, I forgot my three wishes! This adventure is too 
amusing too give up. Let me see, what do I wish ? Oh, first my 
gloves. ( Writes on tablet. 

Lelia. (Aside.) I'll give them back to him. 

Hugh. They are absolutely indispensable to me, for I must see 
Lady Emily. I have a most delicate mission to her. 

Lelia. (Aside.) A delicate mission ! Why does he call it a mis- 
bion ? 

Hugh, No doubt Lady Emily will give me information about the 
position I am begging for. Oh, this will be my 6econd wish. 
C Writes.) I wish to be attached to the legation at Rome. 



8 MASQUERADING FOR TWO. 

Lelia. (Aside.) He never dreams that his wish is already real- 
ize 1. 

Huqh. I have no right — but fairies are not like embassadors, they 
have no responsibilities. Now for my third wish! That bothers 
me! What caul ask? (Reflects. 

Leliu. ( Comes from behind window curtains, u.e.r, ) Well, beauti- 
ful Prince Charming, what are you thinking of? 

Hugh, (i- ) Being a fairy you ought to know. 

Leliu. I do know ! 

Hugh. What nonsense ! 

Leila. You stiil doubt my power ? Take care, or I will punish 
you. 

Hugh. By disappearing ? 

Lelia, No, by telling you all that you have been doing while I was 
away. 

Huglb. That's impossible ! 

Lelia. Listen to me ! After I had gone, you wondered who I 
was. 

Hugh. There's nothing very strange in that. 

Lelia. Then, not being able to solve the question, you felt tempted 
to inquire of my confidant. 

Hugh. Your confidante ? 

Lelia. Yes, my duenna, whom I had changed into an opera- 
cloak. 

Hugh. What, you? 

Lelia. You see that she still kept her old age, but the transforma- 
tion had taken the power of speech from her, and as she could not 
answer you, you were determined to find out whether my pocket- 
handkerchief was more talkative. 

Hugh. How could you know ? 

Lelia. Pocket-handkerchiefs are imprudent. They are pocket- 
alphabets ; so with one stroke of my wand I made my initials disap- 
pear ; but the handkerchief, a wicked magician whom I had con- 
demned to keep that form, slipped a note into my pocket out of re- 
venue. 

Hugh. I swear to you that I did not read it 

Lelia. You needn't swear, for I know all about it. Your forbear- 
ance deserves a reward, so 1 will let you read it. 

Hugh. Oh, no, no ! 

Lelia. Not when 1 give you permission ? 

Hugh. But 

Lelia. What's the use of trying to deceive me? You are crazy to 
know the contents of that note ; so read it, I command you. Come, 
obey me. 

Hugh. Since you exact it! ( Takes note — hesitates to open it. 

Leliu. You hesitate ! What are you afraid of? 

HugJt. I'm afraid that this paper is a Pandora's box, and that all 
sorts of troubles will come out of it. 



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Lelia. Read it, I tell you. 

Hugh. (Beads.) "My dear"— ah! 

Go on, go on. 

Hugh. (Reading.) "Our protege has been made attache to the 
legatiou at Rome, uiid the news will appear in the official gazette to- 
morrow." Ah, 1 wad afraid of some great misfortune 1 So this place 
of attache has been given > 

Lei hi. To \i'ii. 

ll'h/h. What, raadame, tome? 

Lelia. "Was not that one of your wishes? 

Hugh. Yes, the Becond ; but 

Lelia. (Giving him gloves. ) Here is your first. 

Hugh, My gloves! How could you have guessed? 

Lelia. The most trifling things are always anxiously desired. 

Hugh. Important things are kept till the last. "Well, and my third 
wish ? 

Lelia. I own that that embarrasses me a little. 

Hugh. No wonder, for I had not decided on one ; but now I shall 
no longer hesitate. ( Writes. 

Lelia. (Aside. ) His eyes betray what he is writing. 

Hugh. ( Handing her the tablet. ) Here it is. 

Lelia. ( Without reading it. ) Remember that this is the last one. 

Hugh. But the one that secures my happiness. 

Lelia. Happiness ! Don't you know how it has been denned ? 
"Happiness is like a ball that, while it rolls, the child most eagerly 

puisnes, but once within his longing grasp he flings again far from 
him." 

Hugh. Yes, the child ; but the man holds it fast. 

Lelia. Yes, when he is tired of running. 

Hugh. No ; because he is wiser. Will you grant this wish as well 
as the others? 

Lelia. The power of fairies has its limits. 

Hugh. And what are those ? 

Lelia. The limits of the impossible; and what you wish is pre- 
cisely the impossible. 

Hugh. Then you know my wish ? 

Lelia. You ask for my hand im marriage. 

Hugh. And your heart. 

Lelia. Are you sure that fairies have hearts ? 

Hugh. Yes, for they are good. 

Lelia. There are bad fairies, you know. 

Hugh. Then those have bad hearts ; but every fairy has a hand. 

Leli i. Yes ; but they can't ^'ive it to a simple mortal. 

Hugh. Make me immortal then. 

Lelia. Nothing easier. 

Ungh. What? 

Lelia. All you have to do is to publish a book on any subject, so 
learned that no one can read it. Write as preface praises of the old- 



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est or youngest son of some one — to whom you must send your book 
and your card, and you will shortly be 

Hugh. Member of the Royal Society. 

Lelia. And immortal. 

Hugh. Having always held suicide in great horror, I prefer to 
live ; to live, that I may love you, adore you — for I love you ! Yes, 
I love you with all the strength of my soul. I have only known you 
an hour, but that has been long enough to fill my heart with love, 
and now my entire happiness is in you, and you alone. 

Lelia. Ah, beautiful Prince Charming, you are very susceptible! 
Straw fires do not last. 

Hugh. I swear to you that my love will endure with my life, and 
you who have the power to read our hearts should believe in our sin- 
cerity. 

Leila. The heart is such a badly written book. 

Hugh. But you have such good eyes ! 

Lelia. A fairy cannot wed a mortal, I tell you, and as you refuse 
immortality 

Hugh. Will you consent to give up yours ? 

Lelia. I will on one condition. 

Hugh. What? 

Lelia. You know that the power of fairies rests in their wands. 
(Showing fan.) This is mine. If you take it from me, I shall only 
be a woman. 

Hugh. Then give it to me. 

Lelia. No, because that would be a voluntary abdication, and 
consequently a thing to regret ; whereas what one is forced to re- 
nounce 

Hugh. Is just as much regretted. 

Lelia. But is submitted to with resignation. You must find some 
way of getting my sceptre from me. 

Hugh. Well, I can't use violence. 

Lelia. No ! Violence is the right of strength— a primitive right. 
Now-a-days no right is acknowledged but the 

Hugh. Legitimate. 

Lelia. No ; but that of cleverness. You have been attache for an 
hour, so prove your diplomatic powers and do something that will 
oblige me to offer you my fan of my own accord. 

Hugh. In spite of yourself? 

Lelia. In spite of myself, or nearly so. Every stratagem will be 
allowed you. 

Hugh. But you can guess all my thoughts. 

Lelia. I cannot guess stratagems. 

Hugh. Do you swear it ? 

Lelia. Yes, but I shall fight against them. 

Hugh. Then I will own myself conquered in advance. 

Lelia. Is that your diplomacy ? 

Hugh. No, it is frankness. 



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Lelia Well, never mind ; try, and perhaps you will think of one. 
Hugh. And it 1 suooeed ? 

;. The phariu will be broken and yon will command. 
,a, J !\ (****> What shall I do? What weai» 8 shall I employ? 

(Aloud. ) Do you know any children's games? 
l.'Ki. Indeed I do ! 

Hugh Well, there's a very simple one, called "The Pigeon Flies." 
A\ ill you play it? ° 

Ldia. Willingly ! (Aside.) Poor fellow, I wonder what he is 

Uugh. 1 11 begin- Pigeonflies. (Lelia raises her hand. ) Cashier 
r ,. ( W " he8 ^9 to raise her hand. ) What, you hesitate ? 

Lelia No, no! ( Raises liatui. 

miglu 1 airy flies. (Lelia does not raise hand. ) A forfeit ! 

Leha. What, a forfeit? 

Hugh. Certainly, and my gloves ? 

forfeit"' 0b - that ' 8 "g"t ! But 1 have nothing I can give you as a 

Hugh. Yes, you have ! 

Lelia. No, I haven't. 

Hugh. Where's your fan ? 

Lelia. Oh, no ! Take my opera-cloak. 

Hugh. Well, then, we'll begin again. 

I*f*. Now it's my turn. Pigeon flies. (Hugh raises hand.) 
Heart flies ( He does not raise hand.) Are you quite sure that hearts 
tlo not fly ? 

Hugh. Mine doesn't, at least, for you've cut it's wings. 

Lelia. But wings grow again. 

Hugh. Then they can be cut again. 

Lelia. That's true! Lover flies. (He does not raise hand.) A 
forleit, sir ! 

Hugh. What, Madame? 

Leiia. There's my handkerchief. 

Hugh. But I have nothing for a forfeit. 

Lelia. You have my handkerchief and your gloves. 

Hugh. Here are my gloves. 

Lelia. No, keep them. Each forfeit must be redeemed. 

Hugh. You must redeem one first. 

Lelia. No, sir, you first, as being the most guilty. To redeem 
your forfeit. 1 order you to go to the ball. 

Hugh. With yon? 

Ldia. No, all alone, and you must go three times around the 
room, without Baying u word to any one— above all, to Lady Emily— 
then you must ooiue back here. 

Hugh. Ah, to leave yon is too heavy a penalty. 

L> fa. For you, perhaps, but for me 

Hugh. It is pleasing, eh ? 

Lelia. I did not say so. Come, bir, obey 1 



12 MASQUERADING FOR TWO. 

Hugh. What must I do after my three perambulations in the ball- 
room ? 

Lelia. You must come and make me redeem my forfeit. 

Hugh. But will yon really pay the penalty ? 

Lelia. Why, certainly ! 

Hugh. Then good-bye for a few moments. (Aside. ) Now I 
shall get her fan. (Exit c. door. 

Lelia. (Laughing.) Prince Charming is certainly delightful. 
Lady Emily was right. He is the hero of my imagination. But just 
now, when I told this little occurrence to Emily, she got very pule. 
My praise of the baronet seemed disagreeable to her. Poor Emily! 
Can I have arrived too late ? In her place I should have kept a 
treasure like him to myself. Ah, Emily dear, you look back with 
regret. Well, so much the worse for you, my love ! I shall marry 
the baronet, and take him to Rome far away from you. I feel sure 
that he loves me, and I — I must give him my fan, because he never 
will be able to get it otherwise— and yet I cannot offer it to him. 
One don't mind being defeated, if the conqueror thinks he has 
Struggled for the victory. Well, I know a way, i think, of giving him 
this illusion, and that is by going away. Yes, I'll go home, and when 
he finds out that I have gone, he will ask Lady Emily, and tell her 
how he loves me. Emily will be furious, and quarrel with him for 
wounding her vanity — the most lasting sort of a quarrel. Beppo 
must have come back by this time. (Goes to c. door and calls.) 
Beppo ! 

Re-enter Sir Hugh Stanley, c. door, disguised in a servant's hat and 

coat. 

Lelia. (r.) Oh, here he is! Beppo, give me my opera-cloak. 
It's cold out, isn't it ? Well, never mind, we shall soon be under our 
own beautiful Italian sky. (Hugh takes opera-cloak, and as he puts 
it over her shoxdders, she gives hivi her fail to hold that she may get her 
arms through Vie sleeves. ) Here, take my fan. 

Hugh. O, taking off hat and coat. ) Thank you, madame ! 

Lelia. ( Recognising him. ) Oh! Mr. Diplomat, you have played 
your game well. 

Hugh. Now, Mrs. Fairy, that. I have got your power from you, I 
order the fulfillment of my third wish. 

Lelia. I am obliged to obey— so here is my hand, Sir Roger. 

Hugh. Sir Roger? 

Lelia. Are you not Sir Roger Buford ? 

Hugh. Why, no ! I'm his friend, Sir Hugh Stanley. 

Lelia. (Laughing.) Sir Hugh Stanley ! 

Hugh. Why do you laugh ? 

Lelia. Because last year I refused to marry you without knowing 
you. 

Hugh. Why, then you are 



MASQUERADING FOB TWO. 13 

Lelia. Couutess Lelia. 

Hugh. ( Laughs. ) The Couutess Lelia ? 

Lelia. What are you laughing at ? 

Hugh. Because during the negotiations Roger fell in love with 
Lady Emily, aud begged nie to tell her that 

Lelia. Ah, your mission ! 

Hugh. (Taking a note from his pocket.) Oh, then, this nomina- 
tion as attache was for him ? 

Lelia. ( Tearing note. ) Is it necessary to be an attache to get to 
Koine ? 

Hugh. What, do you consent? 

Lelia. As I have no wand, I'm obliged to obey. 

Hugh. Ah, madame, I will give it back to you— and your forfeit 
also— since you are going to redeem it. 

Lelia. Will it please you ? 

Hugh. Can you doubt it ? Have not the pair of us been masquer- 
ading to some purpose ? Will not the two be soon joined as one ? 

Lelia. To be sure— and let us hope that our little masquerading 
frolic will be but the prelude to a happy wedded life ! O-h ! 

Hugh. What's the matter ? 

Lelia. To-day is Friday, the thirteenth. How unlucky ! 

Hugh. (l.c.) No, it's Saturday, the fourteenth ! 

Lelia. (r.c, joyfully. ) Oh, that's true ! And Zerlina was right ; 
she did not put the left slipper on the right foot. 



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119 Tittlebat a Father. 


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71 A Slight Mistake. 


121 Love to Music. 


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72 Patches and Powder. 


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123 The Locked Door. 


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